Job vacancy: Research Project Manager, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Chelsea

Job summary

Main area: Administration
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 3 years (End Date: 31-Jan-2029)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 282-CR811-C

Employer: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Marsden Hospital Chelsea
Town: Chelsea
Salary: £56,276 - £63,176 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/10/2025 23:59

Research Project Manager

NHS AfC: Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

Project management

Take responsibility for the administrative aspects of project management and governance to enable
appropriate oversight, including scheduling, organising meetings.
Lead maintenance of accurate project records, including drafting meeting agendas/notes, trackingproject progress against work plans and attribution of responsibilities.
Support the negotiation and monitoring of contracts and budgets with collaborating partners.
Collate and maintain a risk register and report to appropriate committees on their status.
Maintain financial records that enables monitoring of project expenditure against budget (c.£2M)

Communication

Be the primary operational point of contact i.e. liaising with finance, operations, legal, technology
transfer and academic staff at the participating universities and NHS Trusts, ensuring all parties
have project information necessary to deliver their respective functions.
Develop and oversee robust communication between the collaborators and The RM. This will
include monitoring outputs from collaborating organisations to ensure appropriate accrediting and
acknowledgment of the research funders, RM and its investigators.
Develop and maintain relationships with external and internal groups to ensure that research
activity is promoted with relevant stakeholders.
Liaise with funder secretariat on an as needs basis to ensure compliance with contractual
obligations. This may include supporting the negotiation of revisions to planned work and
resources.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree qualification in a relevant subject (medical, biological, or health sciences) or equivalent experience in clinical / health research.
Project-management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2) or equivalent experience managing research or innovation projects in the NHS or HEI sector.

Desirable criteria

Higher degree qualification (e.g. MSc or PhD) in a relevant subject, preferably in the medical or biological sciences

Experience

Essential criteria

Proven experience delivering multi-partner research or innovation projects, ideally involving medical devices, AI or digital-health technologies.
Experience in operational leadership, budget monitoring, and funder reporting.
Demonstrated ability to manage governance, contracts, and risk registers.
Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills across academic, NHS and industry settings.

Desirable criteria

Experience of inputting to research funding applications with the aim of developing/translating technologies into patient benefit
Experience of designing and delivering training

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.